NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hager City, WI
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Hager City, Wisconsin since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 87 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 87
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
25 deaths in all
What the records show for Hager City
The strongest of the 87 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on June 4, 1958; its path came within 22 miles, and it killed 21 people. Of the 87, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 39 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 28. The most recent tornado was on June 25, 2025. Hager City has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 60% of the 416 Wisconsin cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 76 times since 1961, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Hager City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 68% of the 416 Wisconsin cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Hager City
By decade
- 2020s9
- 2010s18
- 2000s12
- 1990s10
- 1980s14(1 EF3+)
- 1970s7
- 1960s10
- 1950s7(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1958 | F5 | 22 mi | 33.7 mi | 21 / 74 |
| Jul 27, 1987 | F3 | 9 mi | 30 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 24, 1958 | F3 | 16 mi | 59.4 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Sep 12, 1951 | F3 | 23 mi | 24.4 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 10, 1953 | F2 | 15 mi | 105.7 mi | 4 / 27 |
| Jul 14, 2010 | EF2 | 14 mi | 6.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 2010 | EF2 | 10 mi | 15.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 9, 2001 | F2 | 23 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 14, 1981 | F2 | 21 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 3, 1979 | F2 | 8 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 1968 | F2 | 19 mi | 15.4 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jul 22, 1967 | F2 | 16 mi | 9.2 mi | 0 / 3 |
The strongest 12 of 87, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Hager City
The Storm Prediction Center has 76 hail reports within 10 miles of Hager City since 1961, made on 58 separate days. Of these, 46 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on September 9, 1990. The most recent report is from August 11, 2023. June has the most reports, 21.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Hager City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Red Wing Dam 3, MN, 3 miles west of Hager City at 677 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 23°F and 6°F. June is the wettest at 5.1 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 32.6 inches over 63 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 10 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 154 nights a year. That 32.6 inches is more than at 35 of the 165 Wisconsin stations used on this site (21%). Ellsworth, 8 miles northeast, has its own station (Ellsworth 1E, WI): 36.0 inches a year, 3.4 more than here, and a July average high of 80°F against 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 6 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Feb | 28 | 9 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Mar | 41 | 22 | 1.7 | 4 |
| Apr | 56 | 36 | 2.9 | 7 |
| May | 68 | 48 | 4.1 | 8 |
| Jun | 78 | 58 | 5.1 | 8 |
| Jul | 82 | 62 | 3.8 | 7 |
| Aug | 80 | 60 | 4.5 | 7 |
| Sep | 73 | 52 | 3.7 | 6 |
| Oct | 59 | 39 | 2.5 | 5 |
| Nov | 42 | 26 | 1.6 | 4 |
| Dec | 29 | 14 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Year | 55 | 36 | 32.6 | 63 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Red Wing Dam 3, MN (677 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Hager City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 80 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hager City: 66 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 flash floods, 4 heavy rain events, 2 lightning strikes and 1 flood. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $5.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 82 mph, on August 27, 2018. June has had the most flash floods, 5 of 7. Of the 374 Wisconsin cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 217 have had fewer than Hager City.
June 10, 2016: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Hager City — 1 killed, 1 injured.
June 29, 1996: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Hager City — $3.5 million damage.
June 11, 2001: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Hager City — $800,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Hager City's ZIP code 54014 have filed 54 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $2.3 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Severe flooding in 2001: 14 claims (26% of all) and $513,000. 28% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 128 Wisconsin cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 99 have fewer than Hager City.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Severe flooding2001 | 14 | $513,000 |
Pierce County, which includes Hager City, has been named in 13 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Pierce County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for inland flooding and lightning; Very Low for heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $18.8 million a year, the 44th highest of 72 Wisconsin counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $8.9 million (48%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.